By the way, Marx literally predicted wages stagnating even as production increases. I’ve also added some other benchmarks to help gauge where earners would stand given how much they currently earn.
25k in 2020-> 57k
35k in 2020-> 80k
45k in 2020-> 103k
50k in 2020-> 108k
75k in 2020-> 172k
100k in 2020-> 229k
I both love and hate reading that kind of stuff. On one hand, the right idea is there - advances in automation even on basic levels like those found in the 18-1900's can absolutely lead to those benefits for people. But because of reasons it hasn't for the vast majority of us. so we're here all these years later with working people not seeing those benefits and it's infuriating that things which should help humanity as a whole are still only helping a small number of people on top